Approaches the protection of factual matter from a range of perspectives: policy, historical, comparative, empirical and philosophical. This work is suitable for students, scholars and lawyers working in the area of intellectual property law. more...

This highly original and exploratory book analyses the role morality plays in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs).Steven Ang builds his idea that the justification for IPRs is bound up with a simultaneous duty to share part of that intellectual resource through public rights of access and a public domain which is facilitated by the moral elements in... more...

The Research Handbook on Cross-border Enforcement of Intellectual Property systematically analyses the unique difficulties posed by cross-border intellectual property disputes in the modern world. The contributions to this book focus on the enforcement of intellectual property primarily from a cross-border perspective. Infringement remains a problematic... more...

Organized around three areas of inquiry, this book offers a variety of methodological perspectives on trademark law. It surveys trademark law's international landscape, addressing indigenous cultural property, human rights issues, the free movement of goods, and the role of substantive harmonization. more...

Offers a comprehensive research source for patent protection in three major jurisdictions: the United States, Europe and Japan. Offering tips for practitioners to protect their intellectual assets in technologies effectively in the global market, this book is of interest to legal scholars and students, as well as lawyers and patent attorneys. more...

The first of its kind, this textbook has been carefully designed to give students and non-specialist practitioners a clear understanding of the fundamentals of European intellectual property law. Providing a comprehensive overview of both community IP rights, and areas of IP law that have been harmonised, and supported by judicious use of extracts... more...

Whether you're an inventor, designer, writer or programmer, you need to understand the language of intellectual property law. Otherwise, you can't intelligently deal with intellectual property issues such as:
. who owns creative works or valuable information
. how owners can protect and enforce their ownership rights
. how disputes between intellectual... more...